... compound eyes. Moreover, says Dawkins, many systems in nature are far from perfect in their design. The human eye is "wired backward"; the nerves come out of the retina on the side toward the lens, obstructing the passage of light and requiring a hole in the retina for the nerves to leave the eye, creating a blind spot. No sensible designer would have made it that way, but evolutionary change ... this most diverse and interesting of conceivable universes -- one indifferent to our suffering, and therefore offering us maximal freedom to thrive, or to fail, in our own chosen way.[xvii] The ...

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